Use of the slide positivity rate to estimate changes in malaria incidence in a cohort of Ugandan children

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jensen, Trevor P ^a   Bukirwa, Hasifa ^b   Njama Meya, Denise ^c   Francis, Damon ^a   Kamya, Moses R ^c   Rosenthal, Philip J ^a   Dorsey, Grant ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UGANDA; AGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 70349783877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-213     Document Type: Article

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